If you think only dairy farmers are facing fire from the new coalition Government, think again.

Fonterra executive Leon Clement has been appointed the new chief executive of independent milk processor Synlait.

Now in its third incarnation, DRL started life as Otago University’s deer research laboratory at a time when deer farming was establishing itself by capturing wild animals. 

What do you get by mixing West Coast milk and imported ice cream paste? Award-winning ice cream of course.

OPINION: Many groups out there, large and small, seem to believe farming is the root of all evil to the environment. 

The Irish Research Institute Teagasc, with industry partners, has set up a new programme to improve its dairy sector. Peter Burke spoke recently to the director of research, Dr Frank O’Mara.

ProWein is the most important trade fair for wines and spirits worldwide. For a quarter of a century now it has been organised every March in the German metropolis of Düsseldorf bringing the global sector together. 

The 2018 dairy calving/mating season has a new, unsettling dynamic with the incursion of Mycoplasma bovis.

Negotiations towards a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union have at last got underway.

Exports of organic products from New Zealand are now worth $335 million annually – 42% more than three years ago.